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Rethinking Readiness: EMDR for Complex Trauma in the Perinatal Period
EMDR therapy can be transformative - but with perinatal clients navigating complex trauma, standard protocol may not be enough. This article explores how the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model reframes readiness, why Phases Two and Four require more than just technique, and how slowing down can lead to safer, more effective trauma healing.
Aug 44 min read
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and EMDR for Postpartum Care
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) is gaining traction as a trauma-informed tool for clients with treatment-resistant postpartum depression and anxiety. When paired with EMDR, it opens new possibilities for healing. Learn how these modalities work together to support deeper processing for perinatal clients when traditional tools fall short.
Jun 164 min read
The Hidden Harm of Traditional Intake: Rethinking How We Welcome Trauma Survivors
How can intake be more than administrative? Explore how trauma-sensitive practices turn the first session into a foundation for healing.
Mar 246 min read
Beyond the Individual: How Relationship Dynamics Shape Perinatal Mental Health
Discover how understanding relationship dynamics is essential for perinatal therapists, even when working with individual clients.
Feb 115 min read
Decolonizing EMDR: Centering Client Voice and Choice in Trauma Healing
Decolonizing EMDR shifts therapy beyond the individual, addressing systemic trauma and centering client voice, choice, and cultural context.
Feb 55 min read
Introducing EMDR Training in ASL: Advancing Accessibility in Mental Health Education
Discover our first-ever EMDR Training in ASL, designed to advance accessibility and inclusion in mental health education.
Jan 282 min read
Beyond Birth: The Hidden Epidemic of Perinatal Trauma
Perinatal trauma shatters families. Learn how to support healing, strengthen bonds, and explore EMDR therapy's role in recovery.
Nov 5, 20245 min read
Mara's course is coming to the Belgian EMDR Institute!
Mara Tesler Stein has been invited to bring her training, The Advanced Practice of EMDR for Perinatal Mental Health Providers, to the Belgia
Aug 27, 20241 min read
Mara's course is coming to the Spanish Institute of EMDR (ahora en Español)!
Mara has been invited to bring her training to the Spanish Institute of EMDR!
Feb 20, 20241 min read
Help us heal Israeli and Palestinian trauma through EMDR
The Touchstone Institute is donating 25% of each new registration for these self-paced courses to EMDR 4 Peace...
Nov 8, 20231 min read
Free Four Blinks Trauma Training in Hebrew, Arabic, and English
This past weekend, fellow therapist and Touchstone facilitator, Thomas Zimmerman generously hosted an impromptu Four Blinks training...
Oct 13, 20232 min read
7 Insider Tips for EMDR Success in Complex Trauma Management
Discover 7 crucial tips from EMDR expert, Jasmine Adams, on managing complex trauma effectively.
Jul 5, 20232 min read
6 Tips to Maximize Your EMDR Phase 2 Resourcing
Uncover expert insights into EMDR Phase 2 Resourcing for perinatal clients, with specialist Leslie Pertz's key strategies and resources.
Jun 20, 20232 min read
7 Things You Need to Know before Integrating EMDR into Your Practice
Discover Suna Clinchard's valuable tips for integrating EMDR therapy. Strengthen adaptive info, build foundation, embrace attunement.
May 25, 20233 min read
EMDR Therapy, Demystified
Discover the healing impact of EMDR therapy on early traumas through Kate White's interview with Mara Tesler Stein.
May 23, 20234 min read
Just Notice...
Exploring the vitalness of noticing and paying attention, and the ways in which EMDR can empower people to do a little more of both.
Feb 6, 20206 min read
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